A video conference system server that manages a video conference performed by using a plurality of communication terminals. When data is uploaded, based on an instruction from a first user using a first communication terminal as one of the plurality of communication terminals, from the first communication terminal, the uploaded data is downloaded based on an instruction from a second user using a second communication terminal, to the second communication terminal. A print completion notification of the uploaded data is received from the second communication terminal. When the print completion notification is received, a message that the second user has completed printing of the uploaded data is displayed on a screen of the video conference of a communication terminal, out of the plurality of communication terminals, which is used by a notification destination user, set in advance, out of participants of the video conference.

Methods and systems for transmitting data are disclosed. In one embodiment a portable electronic device comprises a processor-implemented user interface module to cause the presentation of a first information field to a user as part of a graphical user interface in the portable electronic device, and to receive information entered or data identification in the first information field. A data transmitting module commences transmitting the information entered or the data identified over a network in response to the user interface module detecting that the user has navigated away from the first information field.

A text data transmission-reception system includes a plurality of user terminals; a shared terminal; and an information processing apparatus connectable to each of the plurality of user terminals and the shared terminal via a network. The information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to receive text data transmitted and received between the plurality of user terminals; determine whether or not the text data transmitted and received between the plurality of user terminals includes a request for controlling the shared terminal; and control the shared terminal based on a determination that the text data includes the request for controlling the shared terminal.

Aspects of the present invention relate to facilitating remote expert consultation using a web site that provides for video conferencing between clients and experts who are have been vetted through registration in the system. Some aspects relate to transmission of correlated physiological characteristic data simultaneously with a video conference. Some aspects relate to control of conferencing functions through client and expert web pages.

A method for file downloading by a computing device is described. The method includes sending a multicast representative message on a multicast channel in response to receiving file download instructions. The multicast representative message indicates that the computing device is a multicast representative. The method also includes downloading file data during a multicast delay. The method additionally includes sending the file data on the multicast channel upon expiration of the multicast delay. The method further includes sending a multicast complete message.

A method for managing a memory of a vehicle multimedia system includes analyzing a use rate per streaming service, allocating a partition of a memory per streaming service according to the analyzed use rate, compressing streaming data when the streaming data is downloaded, and caching the compressed streaming data in a partition allocated for a specific streaming service corresponding to the streaming data.

Methods and systems are presented for providing low latency dynamic content updates to applications, by separating presentable content from the programming logic of an application. The programming code associated with the application without at least a portion of the presentable content may be released to an application hosting server for distributing to end-users. The presentable content may be published to a content delivery network separate from the application hosting server. Once the application is downloaded to a user device, the application may retrieve the presentable content from the content delivery network. The application may incorporate the retrieved presentable content into the application such that the presentable content would be presented on the user device as intended when the application is accessed.

A system, method, and computer-readable media for creating a collaboration container in a group-based communication system are provided. A request to create the collaboration container may be received. The collaboration container may comprise a collection of multimedia files. Multiple users may add multimedia files to the collaboration containers. The multimedia files may be stored in a storage order. The multimedia files in the collaboration container may be sorted based on a sort label, such as by multimedia file topic. Upon playback, the multimedia files may be played back in a sort order distinct from the storage order. During playback, a user may comment on a multimedia file of the collaboration container. When subsequent users playback the collaboration container, the comment may be displayed with the associated multimedia file.

Methods and systems provide for presenting real-time engagement analytics for communication sessions. In one embodiment, a method maintains a communication session with a number of participants, wherein session content is presented during the communication session to the participants, and wherein participants can request real-time notes to be generated for the session content to be captured. The method determines one or more engagement metrics for participants based on the participants requesting real-time notes to be generated during the communication session. Finally, the method presents, to one or more participants of the communication session, information corresponding to at least a subset of the determined engagement metrics.

This document describes computer-implemented systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for reducing the amount of redundant third-party content that is transported over a network for presentation with an electronic document. In some implementations, a computing system includes a deduplication apparatus that determines, in response to identifying that a particular instance of third-party content has previously been selected for display in a particular presentation of the electronic document, and based at least on a display characteristic of the electronic document, whether one or more other instances of third-party content that are deemed redundant to the particular instance of third-party content are eligible for selection responsive to the request.